Exhibit 31.2
  CERTIFICATION
  I, Zedong Xu, certify
that:
  1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Harbin Electric, Inc.;
  2.   Based on my knowledge, this
report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;
  3.   Based on my knowledge, the
financial statements, and other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
  4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  (a)   Designed such disclosure
controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
thoseentities, particularly during the period
in which this report is being prepared;
  (b)   Designed such internal
control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness
of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
based on such evaluation; and
  (d)   Disclosed in this report
anychange in the
registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of
an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
  5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of
the registrant’s board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
  (a)   All significant deficiencies
and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and
  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the
registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.
  Date:May 8, 2009
              By:
              /s/ Zedong
      XuZedong
XuChief Financial
      Officer